I’ve written about Day of Judgment and sweepers before, but I thought it would be useful to provide a demonstration of the general principles involved in playing sweepers. Thus, this week, I made a video in which I detail the impact of sweepers on the game and talk about some of the principles behind playing with and against sweepers. The following is the decklist I’m playing.
"Esper Control"
- Creatures (6)
- 3 Phantasmal Image
- 3 Sun Titan
- Planeswalkers (4)
- 2 Gideon Jura
- 2 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
- Spells (24)
- 1 Go for the Throat
- 1 Tragic Slip
- 2 Dissipate
- 2 Doom Blade
- 3 Forbidden Alchemy
- 4 Think Twice
- 2 Day of Judgment
- 2 Terminus
- 4 Lingering Souls
- 1 Dead Weight
- 2 Ratchet Bomb
- Lands (27)
- 1 Swamp
- 3 Island
- 3 Plains
- 2 Evolving Wilds
- 3 Drowned Catacomb
- 3 Ghost Quarter
- 4 Glacial Fortress
- 4 Isolated Chapel
- 4 Seachrome Coast
- Sideboard: (15)
- 3 Negate
- 2 Oblivion Ring
- 2 Nihil Spellbomb
- 2 Timely Reinforcements
- 1 Revoke Existence
- 1 Day of Judgment
- 1 Karn Liberated
- 1 Consecrated Sphinx
- 1 Divine Offering
- 1 Wurmcoil Engine